Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 121: Chapter 111 The Consequences of Knowledge Overload_1 Chapter 121: Chapter 111 The Consequences of Knowledge Overload_1 [You step forward and approach the bookshelf, noticing a few peculiarities about the few books stored here.]

[You’ve acquired ‘Book Containing Some Knowledge’ *3 (item)]

[‘Book Containing Some Knowledge’: Within these hefty books, densely filled texts are scribbled. These words seem to hold a mysterious power, unknowingly enticing anyone who reads them. Using this item will increase your knowledge by 10 points.]

At this moment, Lin Xun is attached to the shell of the young lady ‘Lily’.

The shell’s Knowledge Extraction skill is also activated, offering a boost the acquired knowledge.

His current knowledge level is at 90/100, and using this item will allow his knowledge level to break through 100.

Lin Xun has a vague feeling that he seems to have overlooked some clues.

But despite careful thought, he is still clueless.

He makes an attempt with an exploratory mindset, clicking on the item.

[You open the ‘Book Containing Some Knowledge’, reading its contents and absorbing the knowledge within…]

[You’ve gained knowledge, your Knowledge level has increased by 15! Current Knowledge level: 105/100]

[Your knowledge has surpassed the critical point. You’ve touched extraordinary things and have been fortunate enough to glimpse ‘Almighty True Knowledge’…]

Almighty True Knowledge? Could that be akin to the source of doomsday like the ‘Profane Blood Sun’?

Lin Xun frowned, identifying potential key points.

The game text did not describe the form of the ‘Almighty True Knowledge’…

[Chaotic, unorganized knowledge incessantly pours into your soul, causing you to become gradually lost in the ocean of knowledge.]

[Your sanity drifts away from you, madness gradually occupies your mind.]

[Your head explodes violently …]

[You are dead!]

Lin Xun was not surprised by his impending death.

What surprised him was the manner of his death.

“Why do those knowledge-seeking creatures end up plunging into madness, while I just explode and die due to an…..overloaded brain?”

[An ordinary Wandering Soul is reborn in an ancient lecture hall …]

[An ordinary Wandering Soul is filled with chaotic knowledge, unable to move freely.]

[Would you like to consume 1 soul strength point to clear your soul of chaotic knowledge?]

???

What happened? Can’t the Wandering Soul be controlled?

Lin Xun tries to open his shell column and clicks to possess a shell.

[An ordinary Wandering Soul is filled with chaotic knowledge, unable to move freely.]

“…”

The operations of this underworld game really puzzled Lin Xun.

Rereading the previous text, he looked for clues.

He noticed that before his death, the text displayed “knowledge pouring into your soul”, not into his brain.

Continuing to review the text, he realized that he had overlooked something.

At the beginning of the chapter, when he saw the introduction to the shell of the ‘Nameless Tutor’, it displayed that his knowledge level had increased.

Keep in mind that at that time, he was in the form of a wandering soul!

After switching to Lily’s shell, the quantity of knowledge was not recalculated, but inherited the previous amount.

In other words, the knowledge within the chapter directly acts on the soul, not the shell.

Lin Xun vaguely perceived the horrifying aspect of the hell-level section.

If he does not consume 1 point of soul strength now, he will be unable to control the Wandering Soul to possess a body.

The only good news is that it’s not consuming the maximum limit of the soul strength.

If the price to pay was to reduce the maximum limit of soul strength, Lin Xun would undoubtedly end this section without hesitation.

[You have consumed 1 point of soul strength, clearing the chaotic knowledge in your soul.]

[Current soul strength: 2/3]

[Your knowledge level maximum limit has increased, current knowledge: 0/200]

Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.

Overloading knowledge does have its benefits — it can increase the maximum limit of knowledge.

After a brief contemplation, he roughly understood the function of the knowledge level maximum limit.

Overflowing knowledge will lead to madness, so the knowledge levels can be directly understood as sanity levels.

Increasing the knowledge level maximum limit is equivalent to increasing tolerance to madness.

Lin Xun cracked a smile, after understanding the game mechanic, he knew how he should operate.

[You consume 1 soul strength point to reshape the ‘Knowledge-seeking Four-eyed Student’s’ shell.]

[Current soul strength: 1/3]

‘Lily’s’ shell skill is still useful, and it’s worth expending 1 point of soul strength.

However, overloading knowledge once equates to consuming 2 soul strength points, this cost of death is rather high.

Looking at the remaining two knowledge books in his inventory, Lin Xun was deep in thought – he thought of a way to save soul strength.

[You are possessing the shell of the ‘Sunk Old Theater Dancer’.]

Activating the invisibility skill, he exits the safe house.

The student monsters in the corridor have been refreshed and reset.

Lin Xun does not wipe out all the monsters, instead, he stealthily assassinates a single student monster.

[You defeated ‘Knowledge-seeking Polyvision School Student’, experience increased slightly.]

[You look at the dying student shell in front of you …]

[‘Knowledge-seeking Polyvision School student’: A student whose desire for knowledge incessantly expands. After absorbing unbearable knowledge, they lost themselves. For some unknown reason, their eyes were gouged out, leaving empty sockets. It died from a sword through the throat. Compatibility: 119% (+45%)]

[Do you want to possess this shell?]

Lin Xun discards the ‘Nameless Tutor’ shell, keeping the ‘School Tutor Robe’ and the ‘Thick Teaching Whip’, then clicks possess.

[You possess the shell of the ‘Knowledge-seeking Polyvision School Student’.]

[The memories in the shell are chaotic, you can’t recall anything from the past.]

The quality and equipment of the student’s shell are rubbish, and they don’t have shell skills. The only redeeming quality is that the shell level is 15 and is promoted to level 29 under the effect of The Leader’s Face.

[Your vision blacks out, you can’t see anything, nor can you obtain knowledge through your empty eye sockets. You can only fumble around based on the shell’s own peculiar sense …]

[You’re not used to this unfamiliar sensation and can’t perfectly adapt the shell’s way of action.]

[You accidentally touch a female classmate, hurriedly muttering incoherent language and apologizing in a whisper, then continuing to fumble around…]

Lin Xun originally planned to find a student shell, and when the knowledge level was about to overload, read a book, and use it as a substitute to take the fall.

This way, he could save one point of soul strength. He didn’t expect that a student without eyes would act based on a sense similar to a sixth sense.

The shell itself is blind, and even walking and exploring are problems for him under his control, let alone reading books to acquire knowledge.

Other than ‘Lily’, a special monster, the students in the corridor are all eyeless monsters.

It’s a shame that ‘Lily’ cannot be refreshed.

There was an unexpected happenstance in Lin Xun’s plan, the savaging of soul strength trick died in its infancy …

He was about to switch back to the dancer’s shell and bypass the small monsters to continue exploring.

Suddenly, he had a brainwave and hurriedly opened his item column.

[‘Unknown Creature’s Eyeball’ (junk) *17, extracted from the eye tissue of some creature. The eyeball has long lost its vitality due to steeping in an extremely low-quality preservative.]

He attempts to click on the junk and the text pops up with a warning.

[Do you want to insert the ‘Unknown Creature’s Eyeball’ into the eye socket?]